Why Developers Are Switching To Macs

snydeq writes "Programmers are finding themselves increasingly drawn to the Mac as a development platform, in large part due to Apple's decision to move to Intel chips and to embrace virtualization of other OSes, which has turned Mac OS X into a flexible tool for development, InfoWorld reports. The explosion of interest in smartphone development is helping the trend, with iPhone development lock-in to the Mac environment the chief motivating factor for Apple as a platform of choice for mobile development. Yet for many, the Mac remains sluggish and poorly tuned for development, with developers citing its virtual memory system's poor performance in paging data in and out of memory and likening use of the default-network file system, AFS, to engaging oneself with 'some kind of passive-aggressive torture.' What remains unclear is whether Apple will lend an ear to this new wave of Mac-based development or continue to develop products that lock out uses programmers expect."

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Re:Strange Complaints

[Anonymous Coward]

hey retard: OS X is certified Unix. Try not being a cum guzzling douchebag.

Re:Strange Complaints

[synthespian]

I can't believe you are replying to a person that is claiming that Linux is better than Mac OS X for compiling POSIX-targeted programs.

Lots and lots of software written for Linux tipically will be badly done, full of Linux-ism and GNU-ism and will present difficulties for any other Unix - because, somehow, some people don't understand they are supposed to be writing open source software for Unix. Ask anyone on BSDs.

Note to mention shit won't even compile amongst different Linux distros, because of Linux distro-hell.